The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Kennett Bayley

Bayley, Kennett

Major-General

* 8th of November 1903

† 29th of March 1967

(Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry)

Promotions

1940-08-18 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-18 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-03 Acting Colonel
1941-12-03 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-03 Temporary Colonel
1942-01-22 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1944-01-29 Temporary Colonel
1944-01-29 Acting Brigadier
1944-07-29 Temporary Brigadier
1944-12-31 Colonel (Dated back 03.12.1944)
1949-03-25 Brigadier
1951-11-08 Temporary Major-General
1952-09-15 Major-General

Service

1940-08-18 1941-06-02 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1941-04-03 1942-01-22 Deputy Director of Home Guard, War Office
1942-12-17 1944-01-28 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1944-01-29 1944-12-15 Brigadier General Staff, IV Corps [Burma]
1945-03-17 1945-03-26 Acting Commanding Officer 9th Indian Infantry Brigade
1945-09-21 1946-XX-XX Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Brigade
1947-06-XX 1949-08-XX Deputy Director of Manpower Planning, War Office
1949-09-XX 1951-09-XX Chief of Staff, British Troops in Egypt
1950-07-30 1952-09-15 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1951-11-08 1955-06-02 Director of Personnel Administration, War Office
1955-06-30 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond